Volume I No. 06
 08-09-02
 Moses Has Alzheimers
 author: Vance Cureton
 © Copyright 2002

 It was certainly a surprise announcement today when Charlton Heston
 on videotape, revealed that he was suffering symptons compatible with
 Alzheimers disease. I will tell you this. Charlton Heston was/is far from
 one of my favorite actors. In fact, he was in my opinion one of the most
 overated of the old studio actors. A thespian with a wooden face, blessed 
 with a great voice, but limited ability.

 From that era, I much prefer Kirk Douglas. A man who could play any type
 of role. Good guy. Bad guy. Smooth guy. Dumb guy. Or even the classy 
 Burt Lancaster. Or the always it seemed, just up from the gutter Robert 
 Mitchum, with those sleepless, sleazy, hooded eyes, that were his trademark. 
 A man with an understated charisma that could make a small movie glitter.

 Charlton Heston is way down the list. Down below Peck, and Bogart, and
 Brando. Below Cooper, and Grant, and Stewart. Perhaps even below the 
 equally bland, and as overrated, Henry Fonda.

 I could name others.

 It is inevitable Charlton Heston will always be remembered most for his 
 roles in biblical movies. No need to name them. They are anachronisms 
 now, from a bygone Hollywood era. Such overdone costume operas 
 afforded Heston a stature that was revealed to be hollow and thin
 whenever he was seen in lesser roles, in lesser movies, that other more 
 talented men could still carry and make enjoyable.

 Planet of The Apes. What an awful, awful film.

 Yet, when his best days in Hollywood were long-past, Heston re-made
 himself as a spokesperson for the NRA. I disagree with practically 
 everything this self-righteous, white-priviledged man stands for. But, 
 at least he became a true spokesman. And not just a show pony for the 
 right-of-center. Not one of those shallow actors, athletes, muscians, or 
 talk-show hosts, that come election time, suddenly their personal opinions 
 are important, simply because of who they are, as if the public is supposed 
 to care what they think because they can carry a musical note, or dunk 
 a basketball.

 No, Charlton Heston is a bit different, I think. He deeply believes in his 
 right-wing causes. The personal time he's devoted to those causes proves 
 that. The travel. The speeches. It's certainly not a part-time thing. It's a 
 job. And that's not acting. Or pretend.

 That's real.
 

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